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Displays for Art

Displays for art can come in variety of styles, and if you have an art collection you probably already have a number of gallery display stands already. Some art or antiquities do not stand on their own and need a display stand to hold them up or stabilize them if they are unsteady. Some pieces stand on their own or are made with a base attached. For the pieces that need help standing there are many options from art display suppliers as well as exhibition mount makers. There are many displays for art that are ready made stock items that can be purchased to display your art or artifacts. There are also some art display stands that you can bend yourself to get a customized fit for your artwork. These artifact displays are display armatures that come in a variety of shapes, sizes and styles. For the more difficult pieces and complicated exhibition displays you may need to hire a custom mount maker. They can fabricate a display that fits your smallest art object to making a full display exhibition. So if you are an art collector, art gallery, museum, exhibition designer, or other institution you probably need displays for art. Here we show a number of categories for displaying art, artifacts, or collectibles.

"Do It Yourself" metal armature displays for art that you bend to fit your art and collectibles:

Plate and Bowl Stands:

Collectible plates, bowls, cups and saucers are available in a wide range from many cultures and time periods. There are a number of ways to display plates, the most popular approach is the easel. Bowl stands require a deeper easel than a plate stand simply because bowls are deeper than plates. There are many stock plate and bowl stands in a variety of sizes and styles. Clear easels are available in a large range of sizes going up to 18” tall to hold a platter or charger. There are also clear bowl stands as well. Some clear stands are also adjustable, allowing you to adjust for depth or the angle of display. Easels in wood are also available in a number of sizes and finishes including deep easels for bowls. These easels are folding so the depth has some adjustability. There are risers for plates and bowls as well as platform easels, which are used for objects with pointed bottoms like a “heart“ shape. Risers can also be used to display the piece at a higher level so something can be placed out in front. Another way to display a plate is on the wall. The size and weight of your plate will determine which style wall hanger is best for your needs. Standard spring wire holders can be used on lighter plates. These have some adjustability to them in the expansion of the spring. Other adjustable holders are plastic and put less stress on the point of contact. Larger plates can be displayed with an adjustable acrylic wall holder. Another option for wall mounting, in both metal and acrylic, are wall easels. Displays for cup and saucer sets are available in both acrylic and metal. In addition, there are displays that hold multiple plate settings.

Collecting minerals and fossils is a popular hobby of collecting, identifying and displaying mineral and fossil specimens. The profession of working with minerals is mineralogy. There are many options for displaying minerals and fossils. One option is an adjustable wire display where you hold the piece from underneath. The wire is bendable and the user bends the wire to custom fit their piece. Another option is easels that have metal arms that are adjustable by moving them side to side. These come in a number of configurations and usually have an acrylic base. Caliper stands are another popular option for displaying minerals and they come in brass or chrome. They have two threaded prongs that tighten in on the piece from opposite ends. This holds the piece floating in the center. Other options are acrylic pronged stands and other types of easels.

Stock artifact display armatures are designed after armatures that are used in custom art mounting. They are made like the basic starting point of a custom armature. The user will bend the wires to custom fit their particular art object. Tools may be required in many instances especially where tight bends are required or where the larger diameter metal needs to be cut or bent. Tools needed are usually just pliers, but larger wire cutters may be needed to cut the upright post. The post may be pulled out of the base and cut to a desired height. Another tool that may come in handy is a vise to hold and bend the thicker metal. The basic stock armatures available are different size “T” shaped arms, and spider arms which is a post with an “X” at the top. There are also “H” arms and “T”’s that have 2 crossbars, one at the top and one lower down. These can come with or without bases and the base options are black or clear.

Plate and Bowl Displays:

Displays for plates, platters, bowls, cup and saucers, for table top or wall:

Display easels come in a variety of shapes and sizes and are used for displaying a variety of items. Artist’s easels are another type of easel that can be used for displaying art but they are mainly used to hold their canvas while the artist is working on it. Easels have been around for a long time and have been known to have been in use since the time of the ancient Egyptians. Typically a display easel is of a tripod design. They are used for displaying anything from works of art to signs or menu’s at a restaurant. Some easels are simple and clean looking so that they do not draw attention away from the art or because they are holding something simple. Other easels are decorative and give importance to the art work they are holding. In many cases the decorative easel will come up higher in the back than the artwork itself so you see its decorative top. Some of the decorative easels are ornate, are very detailed, and are almost art in and of themselves.